Small Update

I got a chance to check out two more mid-sized comic cons in very short period of time right after and on top of all the STLV excitement. Exhausting but so much fun. Silicon Valley Comic Con trip was entirely thanks to my sister's initiative, and we got to meet Arnold Schwarzenegger!!! Keystone Comic Con was more low-key but it gave me a chance to spend some very nice time together with friends and fellow fans. Another weekend trip took my sister, our grandmother and I to Kykuit, home to four generations of Rockefellers. What a stunning place! The weather was next to perfect, and the Grand Tour had proved itself to be incredibly informative!

September 13th - The Art of Cocktails - Tasting and Workshop in Private Members-Only Bar
September 26th - Tasting Hard Ciders From Around the World
October 1st - Indigo Trail: From Egyptian Mummies to Blue Jeans! at The Explorers Club
October 3rd - 6th - New York Comic Con (I am attending on Saturday and Sunday this year; another weekend of Trek - hoping to attend the Star Trek Universe panel and the PaleyFest NY Discovery panel on one day, and to hang out with friends and fellow fans on another; plus I have a separate event ticket for "My Neighbor, Adam Savage: An Evening With the Maker and Miyazaki Enthusiast" on Friday via Anime Fest @ NYCC)

October 11th -13th - ACE Comic Con Midwest in Chicago, IL
October 15th - Cloudspotting for Beginners at The Explorers Club
October 17th - The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson at Strand Bookstore
October 21st - New York in 27 Buildings at MCNY
October 28th - November 2nd - CTBUH 10th World Congress in Chicago, IL

November 1st - 3rd - Rhode Island Comic Con
November 5th - Ian McKellen On Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others …And You!
November 11th - Driving Miss Daisy reading with Dana Ivey and Morgan Freeman
November 12th - The Half-Life of Marie Curie play with Kate Mulgrew
November 20th - Strange Planet by Nathan W. Pyle at Strand Bookstore
November 23rd - The Half-Life of Marie Curie play with Kate Mulgrew (with my sister)
December 5th - David Sedaris at MPAC

2020

March 1st - 8th - Star Trek: The Cruise IV
March 14th - Riverdance 25 at Radio City Music Hall
August 5th - 9th - The Official Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas, NV 

Summer Rocks!

It has been quite an awesome summer so far!

Mel Brooks is a legend, and my sister and I loved attending his very limited appearance at Lunt Fontanne Theater. The CTBUH walking tour was quite interesting; I wish I were feeling better to appreciate it more, but I do not regret going by any means. The lecture on historic brickwork proved to be unexpectedly fascinating; I am considering looking into more details on this subject matter. The behind-the-scenes event at Madame Tussaud's was an absolute highlight, clever and hilarious! Celebration of the Moon landing was fun, if somewhat hampered by very high temperatures in New York. It included a nice lecture and discussion, followed by observation of ISS timely passing over the city. I also must give a shout out to the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York, whose members brought telescopes for observations of Saturn and Jupiter. My 10th consecutive Star Trek Las Vegas convention was simply fantastic, a geeky nirvana! I already cannot wait until next year!

August 16th - 18th - Silicon Valley Comic Con in San Jose, CA
August 23th - 25th - Keystone Comic Con in Philadelphia, PA
October 3rd - 6th - New York Comic Con

October 28th - November 2nd - CTBUH 10th World Congress in Chicago, IL

November 5th - Ian McKellen On Stage: With Tolkien, Shakespeare, Others …And You!
December 5th - David Sedaris at MPAC

2020

March 1st - March 8th - Star Trek: The Cruise IV